Amnesty: US Position on Gaza "Lopsided, Lackadaisical" (Anchor Reader)

Human rights groups are urging the United States to take a stronger position on the violence in Gaza, and force Israel to stop their attacks. Amnesty International wrote an urgent letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today stating they are "dismayed at the lopsided response by the U.S. government to the recent violence and its lackadaisical efforts to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis." The group also points out that the weapons Israel is using in densely populated civilian areas, have been supplied by the United States. Amnesty is calling on the US to stop sending weapons to the country, and to investigate whether the Israeli military is using U.S. weapons to commit human rights abuses.

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